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ex post: from after "Afterward", "after the event". Based on knowledge of the past. Measure of past performance ex post facto: from a thing done afterward: Said of a law with retroactive effect ex professo: from one declaring [an art or science] Or 'with due competence'. Said of the person who perfectly knows his art or science. Also used to ...
si vales valeo (SVV) if you are well, I am well (abbr) A common beginning for ancient Roman letters. An abbreviation of si vales bene est ego valeo, alternatively written as SVBEEV. The practice fell out of fashion and into obscurity with the decline in Latin literacy. si vis amari ama: If you want to be loved, love
Triste est omne animal post coitum, præter mulierem gallumque: Every animal is sad after coitus except the human female and the rooster: tu autem Domine miserere nobis: But Thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us: Phrase said at the end of biblical readings in the liturgy of the medieval church. Also used in brief, "tu autem", as a memento mori epitaph.
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omne vivum ex ovo: every living thing is from an egg: foundational concept of modern biology, opposing the theory of spontaneous generation: Omnes homines sunt asini vel homines et asini sunt asini: All men are donkeys or men and donkeys are donkeys: a sophisma proposed and solved by Albert of Saxony (philosopher)
Ex-ante is used most commonly in the commercial world, where results of a particular action, or series of actions, are forecast (or intended). The opposite of ex-ante is ex-post (actual) (or ex post). Buying a lottery ticket loses you money ex ante (in expectation), but if you win, it was the right decision ex post. [2]
"Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released on 12 August 1996 as the second single from their sixth studio album, Bilingual (1996). The song is based on "Estrada Da Paixão" by African-Brazilian band Olodum , [ 2 ] which Pet Shop Boys heard during the South American leg of their Discovery ...
In skepticism, postdiction is also referred to as post-shadowing, retroactive clairvoyance, or prediction after the fact, and is an effect of hindsight bias that explains claimed predictions of significant events, such as plane crashes and natural disasters. Accusations of postdiction might be applicable if the prediction were: